For a time, pixel art was a necessity ... and the Star Wars arcade game, most games were assembled on grids. Oftentimes, the results were beautiful. We still admire sprite-based games, not just ...

Even today, pixel artists point to Third Strike as the high watermark for sprite animation in fighting games, and for good reason: no other 2D fighter has ever looked quite like it. Alucard’s ...

Not all 16-bit games aged like milk, as some of the top titles from the Super Nintendo are just as good now as they were back ...

This is one of the best looking ‘retro’ games we’ve ever seen, and the novelty of the unique 'HD-2D' being ... and the sprite-work and animation are full of expression. Pixel art may be ...

Tyler Wynne (“8BitNerd” on Etsy) re-creates the sprites from popular Nintendo series like The Legend of Zelda and Pokémon (the games he grew up on) as 2D bead ... a 16-by-24 pixel sprite ...

The Nintendo DS was a particularly good canvas for pixel art, and the concurrent rise of download services on home consoles proved another great fit for 2D games ... who tried sprites of 8 ...

Put simply, HD-2D places 2D, pixel-art sprites within 3D environments that ... timeless — an extension of a classic ’90s video game aesthetic into the present, which deepens and enriches ...

If you loved Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, you'll probably dig Square Enix's very consistent 1 & 2 remakes based on what we've played.

A 2D pixel art Metroidvania based on Dark Souls III was seemingly rejected by Bandai Namco. According to artist Thomas Feichtmeir (via Twitter), the side-scrolling Dark Souls 3 game was pitched to ...

Sonic Mania – was this the last time fans will ever see a Sonic game with the classic pixel art? (Picture: Sega) The makers of Sonic Superstars think pixel art is going to become an even bigger ...